• Knowledge Base: Getting Started


    1. What you see when logged in.
    2. How do I access my siteadmin menu?
    3. How do I configure a custom error page?
    4. Where do I upload my web pages?
    5. What are the various directory structures for an IP-based domain?
    6. What is Squirrel Mail?
    7. Do I still get regular POP email boxes when I have Squirrel Mail?

    1. What you see when logged in. - Top

    If you login FTP as the main domain owner, you should be placed in directory where you will see a html and cgi-bin. You will put your webpages in the html and your cgi-scripts in the cgi-bin.

    If you back out one directory you will be in the main home directory where all the domains user directories are located.

    Back out another directory and you will be in the domains base directory and the hierchy will look as follows:

    bin
    dev
    home
    lib
    root
    tmp
    usr
    var

    The home directory is where you just came from. The var directory is where you will find the spool directory for your mail. You do have ownership of these files and can access them if needed. The other directories have system files located in them and you dont have permission in the unix system to change or view these.






    - Updated: June 24, 2001

    2. How do I access my siteadmin menu? - Top

    Use the following URL

    https://tulaweb.tulaweb.net

    - Updated: November 13, 2002

    3. How do I configure a custom error page? - Top

    For the site in question, create a .htaccess file in the main HTML directory.

    /home/userid/webdocs/.htaccess

    Add the following line:

    ErrorDocument 404 /name-of-error-doc.html

    You must specify a path so Apache knows where to get the file.

    - Updated: June 24, 2001

    4. Where do I upload my web pages? - Top

    You should FTP your web pages to the following dirrectory:
    /home/httpd/html
    cgi scripts should go in
    /home/httpd/cgi-bin

    - Updated: July 1, 2002

    5. What are the various directory structures for an IP-based domain? - Top

    HTML pages: /home/userid/webdocs

    CGI-Bin: /home/userid/webscripts

    Mail Spool: /home/userid/mailspool

    Logs: /home/userid/weblogs

    Please note: Your userid is the username you chose when you signed up for your account.

    - Updated: June 24, 2001

    6. What is Squirrel Mail? - Top

    This is a commercial product for processing email from a web browser. This offers all the features of a regular email program with the flexibilty of being usable anywhere you have internet access and a browser.

    - Updated: November 29, 2001

    7. Do I still get regular POP email boxes when I have Squirrel Mail? - Top

    Yes. Each account also comes with a number of regular POP accounts that will allow you to pickup email with any standard email program like Netscape or Eudora.

    - Updated: November 28, 2001